Variable Life Insurance:

Variable life insurance provides death benefits and cash values that vary with the performance of a portfolio of underlying investment options. Policy owners can allocate a portion of premiums among a variety of investment options such as stocks, bonds and mutual funds. Fixed accounts with guaranteed interest rates are also an option. Variable life insurance may be a good option for people who are willing to assume investment risk in an effort to achieve greater returns. With variable life insurance, much of the investment risk is shifted from the insurance company to the policy owner. Good investment performance would provide the potential for higher cash values and death benefits. If the specified investments perform poorly, cash values and death benefits would drop accordingly.